i watch too many video essays and im a music junkie so i go down music rabbit holes. different strokes for different folks i guess

I don't know how but I didn't know about Morrison until recently. I just read this for the first time this year. It was a really good read. "Beautifully upsetting" is an understatement but my nose was glued to the pages. I can see where the controversy lies, it's definitely not an all ages read. But I think with all media, parents should know what their school aged children are reading and make the final say if it is appropriate for their maturity levels or not. I do kinda balk at the idea of a middle schooler reading this. I've read that some US high schools even have this (or Beloved) in their English curriculum.

I read this book a long time ago, during my Jodi Picoult phase. To be honest, I don't remember much about it (all her books blur together for me nowadays), but I am surprised it has been banned. Obviously there's violence but usually the romance aspects of Picoult's books are the main focal point. I don't think it was sexually graphic, either.